Essay:Liberal Intellectualism

Liberal ideology, and liberal arguments, have their greatest appeal with intellectual wannabees: people who are long in academic degrees but short in intellectual achievements of their own. Perhaps they genuinely fall for the superficial, fallacious liberal logic, or perhaps they just enjoy the attention and extra income in being pseudo-intellectuals and media-promoted experts.

famous for making a few guesses about linguistics some of which turned out to be partially correct. He has not done any work in linguistics in 30 years and just spends his time promoting left-wing politics outside his supposed area of expertise.

flunked the D.C. bar exam; worked on the House Judiciary impeachment staff investigating Richard Nixon. Hillary's work was so poorly conceived and drafted that a member of the Committee, William Dixon said Hillary "paid no attention to the way the Constitution works in this country, the way politics works, the way Congress works, the way legal safeguards are set up."[5]

Promoted, if not created the philosophical view of Existentialism with an atheistic bent, also ended up having to repeat College due to flunking philosophy the first time around. Spent his time promoting various revolutionaries as well as cited Che Guevara as being "the most complete human being of the age." Sexual deviant.

Promoted Post-Structuralism, promoted various revolutionaries, including the Shah of Iran and Mao. In addition, was a huge sexual deviant who knowingly spread AIDS after landing himself with the infection. Had also had to undergo two tries at entrance exams and two tries at agrégation.[6]

it should be noted that many economist also fail to understand this [9][10]

how guns save more lives through deterrence and prevention than they harm

how childbirth has a positive effect on health, and thus abortion harms health

how cease-fires always help a determined opponent in war

how arms limitations treaties always helps a dishonest adversary

they expect superficial, flawed logic to persuade others, such as:

claiming that inequality in outcome implies discrimination

demanding equal treatment for genders in all situations

claiming that the gay agenda is like the civil rights struggle by African Americans

insisting that government can reduce poverty with more programs

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Superiority Complex

The liberal believes they are superior to others. Not in a physical sense but mentally, they have their high ground and nobody dare challenge. If you challenge Liberal Intellectualism thinking and beliefs, you risk being ridiculed. A good example is the classic Democrats versus Democratics statement. Liberal Intellectualism will say that it is not proper to use the sentence with the word Democrats, it must be proper, so it must be Democratics. However, 'Democrats' will suffice rather well and the reader understands regardless. There are many instances where Democratic politicians use the word Democrats. Howard Dean says "Democrats have a lot of work to do among seniors." The nation's liberal newspapers use the word Democrats. Google's spellcheck prefers Democrats. The website for congress is addressed 'democrats.senate.gov' Excuses for insisting are endless and a part of Liberal Intellectualism thinking.

True Intellectualism Among Liberals

Some liberals, while holding false views on God and the world, have made serious intellectual achievements in limited areas.

Made significant breakthroughs in psychology that are considered foundational to this day, and was instrumental in developing pragmatism, and the philosophy of pragmatism (ignored by most modern liberals). However, he did not believe in religion.

Made monumental gains in modern physics. Like Newton, he saw his work updated and corrected, but many of his discoveries were experimentally proven years after he predicted. However, he was an agnosticcommunist.

Explanation: some focus their powers of reasoning on the wrong problems, or start with a flawed set of assumptions. Because of their intellectual achievements in one field, they mistaken believe that they are right about everything.

References

↑Tribe admitted he was being considered, but he was not nominated. "Under Clinton, Crimson tide washes over Washington," The Boston Globe (Mar. 4, 1993).

↑"Joseph Bottum, books and arts editor of the Weekly Standard, presents overwhelming evidence to support his claim that Tribe's 1985 book, God Save This Honorable Court, was largely copied from a 1974 book called Justices and Presidents by the University of Virginia's Henry J. Abraham. Bottum's case rests on the relentless citation of example after example where it is clear that Tribe has copied both the substance and, in many cases, the exact wording of Abraham's text. Most damning is Tribe's repetition of errors, like slight misquotations of original sources, in Abraham's book."[1]